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OCTOBER 13 2018 LISTENER

1. Which is the world’s
   driest continent?
   ❑North America
   ❑Australia
   ❑Africa
   ❑Antarctica


2. Which of these refers to
   one’s ability to solve new
   problems and identify
   patterns?
   ❑Crystallised intelligence
   ❑Fluid intelligence


3. Which of these periods
   in Ancient Roman history
   was earliest?
   ❑Roman Empire
   ❑Roman Republic
   ❑Roman Kingdom


4. In what context would a
   “flash crash” occur?
   ❑Electrical storm
   ❑Sharemarket
   ❑Exotic car race
   ❑Rocket launch
   5. Who had a koala
   chlamydia treatment clinic
   named after them this
   year?
   ❑John Oliver
   ❑Cate Blanchett
   ❑Donald Trump
   ❑Pauline Hanson
   6. In theatrical superstition,
   which of these is
   considered bad luck
   onstage?
   ❑Whistle
   ❑Burp
   ❑Hiccup
   ❑Whisper
   7. Which of these is not a
   title in the Tintin comic
   book series?
   ❑Flight 714 to Sydney
   ❑^ The Bird with the Crystal
   Plumage
   ❑King Ottokar’s Sceptre
   ❑The Crab with the
   Golden Claws
   8. Which of these Kiwi
   bands did not originate in
   Dunedin?
   ❑Th’ Dudes
   ❑ The Clean
   ❑Straitjacket Fits
   ❑ The Chills
   9. Crude oil is formed
   mostly from the
   compressed remains of
   what?
   ❑Dinosaurs
   ❑Microorganisms
   10. Which actor’s middle
   name is Tiffany?
   ❑Richard Gere
   ❑Clint Eastwood
   ❑Sylvester Stallone
   ❑Bruce Willis

Answers on page 62.

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interacted respectfully and,
on the whole successfully,
with Māori.
Of course, fascinating
discoveries are still being
made about this land’s
history, but in using the
resources and knowledge
at his disposal at the
time, Cook’s visits were a
sensational step forward for
naval exploration.
Pip Casey
(Tauranga)
CALLING COLUMNIST OUT
Paul Thomas (Sport,
September 29) nicely bal-
ances the arguments in his
analysis of Serena Williams’
US Open outburst, and
then says it’s umpire Carlos
Ramos’ fault because he
lacked “empathy”.
In my view, Williams was
rude and her calling Ramos
a thief translates to saying
he was dishonest. Even a
great champion (though
now permanently tainted)
should not be able to call
an umpire dishonest and
get away with it.
Christopher Johnstone
(Grey Lynn, Auckland)
Paul Thomas writes that
“the difficult part” of the
chair umpire’s job “is man-
aging the contest” and that
Carlos Ramos made a mess
of it. I can find no reference
in the International Tennis
Federation’s “Duties and
Procedures for Officials” to
this requirement, so Ramos
can’t be faulted for not
fulfilling it.
Chew Kwan
(Johnsonville, Wellington)
PROSTATE OUTRAGE
Dr AJF Ross perpetuates the
discouragement of men to
get screening for prostate
cancer (Letters, October 6),
disingenuously saying “first
do no harm”.
Would he say the same
thing to an overweight
woman with large breasts?
They are also difficult to
screen for breast cancer.
He’d be crucified if he did.
Luigi Girardin
(Stoke)